Button-fastener



(No Model) E. DNSTEELE.

' BUTTON PASTBNER. 'No. 292,960. Patented Feb. 5, 188-4.

b uaQsbm-- 1 W connection for attaching buttons to fabrics or as will behereinafter more fully described,and

' a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Wa- UNITE STATES PATENTCFFICE.

EDYVARD D. STEELE, OF \VATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

BUTTON-FASTENER'.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,960, dated February5, 1884.

Application filed December 13,1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD D. STEELE,

terbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Button-Fasteners; andIdo declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe'invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention haslfor its object to provide a novel and simplifiedmetallicfastener or other materials, whereby the button is securely heldin place upon said fabric or material, and yet capable of being readilydetached therefrom, when desired, without removing the metallicfastener,- and my improvements consist, essentially, of a metallicfastener formed with a central plate or table having two or moresharp-pointed fastening-prongs projecting downward at right anglesthereto, said table beingprovided upon the side next the prongs with anelongated neck or loop having a half-circular head, which is adapted toreceive and hold the shank of the button, all

specifically designated inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective View ofmyimproved fastener; Fig; 2, asimilar view as attached to the shank of abutton and to a fabric, and Fig. 3 a perspective view of a modificationthereof.

Similar letters of reference occurring on the several figures indicatelike parts.

In carrying out my invention the metallic fastener .or connection ispreferably formed with a central table or plate, a, having twodownwardly-projecting sharp prongs, b 1), arranged at the sides thereof,as shown in Fig. 1. although an additional prong, a, may be arranged tothe rear of the table or plate, as shown in Fig. 3, if deemed moredesirable or advantageous. Projecting from the front ofthe said table erplate a is arranged a curved upon its inner ends, as shown, the completedevice being formed in one piece from a blank struck out of suitablesheet metal.

The construction of my invention being as above described, it will beobserved that in the operation of attaching a button to'a fabric ormaterial therewith the prongs of the metallic fastener are forced downthrough the said fabric or material, and the lower ends firmly clinchedupon and into the lowersurface thereof by a suitable setting-instrument,leaving the table or plate a resting smoothly and securely upon theupper surface of the fabric. The shank of the button is then placed inone of the small recesses f of the half-circular head 0, and turnedaround until the shank slips over the saidhead and upon the neck or loop01, as fully shown in Fig. 2. If it is desired to use a largerhalf-circular head, 6, the ends of the same may be bent up to allow theshank of the button to readily pass over the same into the loop or neck(I, when the ends may again be bent down to secure the button in placethereon.

It is obvious that the button may be attached to the neck or loop deither before or after the fastener is secured to the fabric.

In the practical operation of my invention the shank of the button restssnugly in the small recesses f of the head 6 and depresses the front endof said head down upon the fabric to form a most secure and efficientfastening.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new and useful is- 1As an improved article of manufacture, the herein-describedbutton-fasten er, consisting of the plate or table at, having two ormore sharp prongs, b, and a curved neck or loop, (2, provided with ahalf-circular head, 6, having recesses f, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. EDWARD D,: STEELE. \Vitnesses:

F. D. BAKER, v THOMAS H. SEERY.

